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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: November 2, 2020 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:20-432 CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number:8.H. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Jeff Kay <br />City Manager <br />BY:Keith Cooke <br />Engineering & Transportation Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW:Susan Hsieh <br />Finance Director <br />TITLE:Staff Report for a City of San Leandro City Council Resolution to Accept the <br />Work for the Pedestrian Crossings Improvements 17-18, Project No. 2018.5610 <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />This project installed Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacon (RRFB) systems and enhanced <br />pedestrian crossings at Bancroft Avenue and Haas Avenue, and at Williams Street and Dolly <br />Avenue, speed feedback signs along Benedict Drive, and storm drain repairs citywide. <br />Staff recommends the following actions: <br />·Accept the work by Ray’s Electric; <br />·Authorize staff to file the Notice of Completion; and <br />·Authorize the City Manager to release the performance and payment bonds, and to <br />release the maintenance bonds for the subject project upon successful completion <br />of the one-year maintenance period. <br />BACKGROUND <br />Staff routinely receives requests for improvements to crosswalks throughout the City. Based on <br />those requests, staff conducts traffic and pedestrian counts and reviews collision statistics to <br />generate a priority list for installation of enhanced crosswalks. <br />This contract constructed enhanced pedestrian crossings at two locations. The project included <br />the intersection of Haas Avenue and Bancroft Avenue, and the intersection of Williams Street and <br />Dolly Avenue. The project constructed bulb-outs at the crosswalks of Bancroft and Haas to <br />shorten the crossing distance for pedestrians, installed solar powered pedestrian activated <br />Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons (RRFBs), as well as advanced warning signage and <br />striping on the pavement for vehicles approaching each intersection. The improvements on <br />Williams Street at Dolly Avenue increase pedestrian safety and visibility in the vicinity of <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 10/28/2020 <br />95